CVE-2008-0888

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    CVE-2008-0888

    Published: 17 Mar 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The NEEDBITS macro in the inflate_dynamic function in inflate.c for unzip can be invoked using invalid buffers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors that trigger a free of uninitialized or previously-freed data.

    References: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Mar/msg00001.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00008.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/29392, http://secunia.com/advisories/29406, http://secunia.com/advisories/29415, http://secunia.com/advisories/29427, http://secunia.com/advisories/29432, http://secunia.com/advisories/29440, http://secunia.com/advisories/29495, http://secunia.com/advisories/29681, http://secunia.com/advisories/30535, http://secunia.com/advisories/31204, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-06.xml, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4077, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1522, http://www.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:068, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0196.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-589-1, http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0009.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0913/references, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1744, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41246, http://secunia.com/advisories/30535, http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116, http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0116, http://www.ipcop.org/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/489967/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493080/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28288, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019634, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2317, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9733

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High